T Bone Burnett and the rest of the Robert Plant / Alison Krauss Raising Sands tour have made their way from Birmingham, Alabama, where they performed at the end of last month, to Birmingham, England, where they take the stage tonight at the National Indoor Arena for the start of the European stretch of the tour.
T Bone's album Tooth of Crime, with stemmed from a collaboration with playwright Sam Shepard, is set for release next Tuesday, May 13, and Gary Graff, writing for Reuters/Billboard, says it will be a welcome addition to the multi-talented, mutli-hyphenate's body of work.
T Bone spoke with Graff about the many projects he has in development and admits that, of all the facets of his career, "The best job in show business is a free-standing artist." That's a conclusion it's taken him some time to realize for himself:
[F]or a long time I haven't known what I wanted to say, at least on my own records. I didn't really feel like I had to be a record artist. I had to learn to accept who I am and let it be that ... I have things I want to say now.
To read the full interview, visit reuters.com.
Click here to pre-order T Bone's Tooth of Crime CD for $16 and download the album MP3s, at no extra charge, on release day, May 13.
